Space News

Hot enough for ya? If you live anywhere on the eastern half of the United States (like me) you've probably been sweating it out over the past several days in what certainly feels like the warmest week yet for the season....

When I looked out my south-facing window last night, I saw a gorgeous quarter Moon high in the sky. Giuseppe Petricca from Marina di Pisa, Tuscany, Italy took a longer look and created this beautiful composition of five ...

Quick, what's the reddest star visible to the naked eye? Depending on your sky conditions, your answer may well be this week's astronomical highlight. (...)Read the rest of Seeing Red: Hunting Herschel's Garnet Star (1,0...

Today's spacewalk at the International Space Station was cut short due to a water leak inside astronaut Luca Parmitano's spacesuit. At one point, there was so much water inside Parmitano's ears and around his face that h...

This week's Carnival of Space is hosted by Kimberly Kowal Arcand and Megan Watzke at the Chandra X-Ray Observatory blog.